Putting english unit5

PUTTING ENGLISH TO WORK 1: UNIT 5

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY In this unit you will learn: THESE LIFE SKILLS: Identify family members Ask for and give marital status Identify school personnel

Sylvie’s husband Are they married?

She’s the office clerk.

THIS VOCABULARY: The family School personnel School locations

wife, brother, children principal, teacher cafeteria

THIS GRAMMAR: Verb: HAVE Possessives: Possessive Adjectives:

I have a sister.

Mia’s father is from Mexico. my, your, his, her

Vocabulary: The Family Exercise 1: Match the words and pictures.

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b.

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g 1. brother __

__ 4. father

__ 7. husband __ 10. sister

__ 2. children

__ 5. grandfather

__ 8. mother

__ 3. daughter

__ 6. grandmother __ 9. parents

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__ 11. son __ 12. wife

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Listening from the Video

Unit 5 Page 3

Exercise 2: Listen to the sentences from the first “It’s Your Turn” in the video. Write the number of the sentence under the correct picture.

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Exercise 3: Practice the conversations below.

1.

a. Is she single? b: Yes, she is.

2.

a: Are they married? b: Yes, they are.

3.

a. Are they divorced? b: Yes, they are.

4.

a: Is she widowed? b: Yes, she is.

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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the box. divorced

single

widowed

married

1. Roger and Isabel aren’t married now. They are _____________ .

2. She isn’t married. She is ____________________________ .

3. She is very sad. She is ______________________________ .

4. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are very happy. They are _____________ .

The Family

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Exercise 5: Look at the family tree. Circle the correct answers.

1. Does John have a sister? a. Yes, he does.

b. No, he doesn’t.

2. Do Sharon and Patrick have grandchildren? a. Yes, they do. b. No, they don’t.

3. Does Jeff have a wife? a. Yes, he does.

b. No, he doesn’t.

4. Do Mark and Sylvie have children? a. Yes, they do. b. No, they don’t.

5. Is Jeff single? a. Yes, he is.

b. No, he isn’t.

6. Are Mark and Sylvie married? a. Yes, they are. b. No, they aren’t.

Exercise 6: Look at the family tree again and complete the sentences. Use the words from Exercise 1.

John:

I’m John. (1) I have one _____________. Her name is Mary. Mark and Sylvie are my (2) ___________________.

My (3) ____________________________ is Sharon and my (4) _____________________________ is Patrick.

Sylvie: Hi. I’m Sylvie. Mark is my (5) ______________________.

I have two (6) ________________________. John is my (7) _______ and Mary is my (8) __________________.

Sharon is my (9) ___________________ and Patrick is my (10) ___________. I have only one (11) ______________.

She is married to Jeff. She is Jeff’s (12) ____________.

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Exercise 7: Answer the following questions with YOUR information.

1. Are you married or single? ___________________________ 2. Do you have any brothers or sisters? ____________________ 3. What is your mother’s name? _________________________ 4. Do you have any children? ____________________________ 5. What are their names? ______________________________

More Vocabulary: School Personnel and School Locations Exercise 8: Match the school personnel with their locations.

1. teacher

___ library

2. janitor

___ principal’s office

3. office clerk

___ cafeteria

4. principal

___ 1 classroom

5. librarian

___ office

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Exercise 9: Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the vocabulary from Exercise 8 on page 6.

Example: Is he the librarian? No, he isn’t.

Who is he? He’s the principal.

Where is he? He’s in the principal’s office.

PRINCIPAL

1.

Is she the office clerk? ____________________ Who is she? _____________________________ Where is she?____________________________

2.

Is she the janitor? ________________________ Who is she? _____________________________ Where is she?____________________________

3.

Is she the teacher? _______________________ Who is she? _____________________________ Where is she?____________________________

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Grammar: HAVE in the Present Tense Affirmative

Negative

I You We They

have

a sister.

I You We They

He She

has

a sister.

He She

No Contraction I You We They

do not have

He She

does not have

do not have

a sister.

does not have a sister.

Contraction

children.

I You We They

don’t have

children.

children.

He She

doesn’t have

children.

Exercise 10: Look again at the family tree on Page 4. Complete the sentences with have, has, don’t have, or doesn’t have.

1. Mark and Sylvie _________________________ two children.

2. Jeff ______________________________________a wife.

3. Sharon and Sylvie _________________________ husbands.

4. Sylvie ____________________________ a granddaughter.

5. John ________________________________ a grandfather.

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Possessive Adjectives and Nouns Subject Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

I have a sister.

My sister is a librarian.

You are married.

Your husband is a principal.

He is the janitor.

His name is Mr. Jones.

She has a son.

Her son is married.

We have two children.

Our children are teachers.

They have a daughter.

Their daughter is married.

Exercise 11: Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her, our, or their.

1. I have a son. _______ son is married.

2. We are married. ____ last name is Smith.

3. You are a mother. ____ children go to school.

4. They have a daughter. _________daughter is divorced.

5. He is married. __________ wife is an office clerk.

Exercise 12: Complete the sentences like the examples in the boxes.

This is Bill.

This is Carol.

Bill and Carol are married.

Carol is Bill’s wife. Bill is Carol’s husband.

1. Who is Carol? Carol is __________ ___________________ .

Jorge has a father. His name is Enrique.

Enrique is Jorge’s father. Jorge is Enrique’s son.

2. Who is Enrique? He’s ___________ ___________________ .

3. Who is Jorge? He’s ____________ ___________________ .

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Life Skill: Using a Calendar Exercise 13: Read the information below. Then write it on the calendar.

1. Back-to-School Night is on Thursday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m.

2. Presidents’ Day is on Monday, February 16th.

3. Parent-Teacher Night is on Wednesday, February 25th at 5:00 p.m.

4. School begins on Monday, February 9th.

5. The Science Fair is on Saturday, February 28th at 10:00 a.m.

FEBRUARY SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

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19 Back-to-School Night 7:00 p.m.

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Narrative Reading “Ms. Kennedy’s Family”

Ms. Kennedy

is the school principal. She has a good

job. She isn’t married. She is widowed. She has two sons and one daughter. Her son, Eric, is single. Her son, Bruce, is married. Bruce doesn’t have children. Her daughter, Veronica, is married. Veronica has two children. Jessica is Ms. Kennedy’s granddaughter. Her grandson’s name is Ben. Ms. Kennedy doesn’t have any brothers. She has two sisters.

Exercise 14: Write T if the sentence is TRUE or F if the sentence is FALSE. 1. Ms. Kennedy is the school principal.

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2. Ms. Kennedy is married.

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3. Ms. Kennedy has three children.

___________

4. Her sons are Bruce and Eric.

___________

5. Veronica is widowed.

___________

6. Ms. Kennedy is a grandmother.

___________

7. Ms. Kennedy has a brother.

___________

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UNIT REVIEW (Each item=1 point)

Fill in the blanks. Use the items in the word box. has librarian married classroom husband doesn’t have wife Her

Their single

1.

Are they single or married? They are ________________.

2.

Who is she? She is a _________________.

3.

Where is she? She is in the _________________.

4.

How many children does he have? He ________ one son.

5. John isn’t married. John _______________ a wife.

6. Maria is a grandmother. _____________ daughter has two children.

7. They have a son. _____________ son’s name is Alberto.

8. Bill and Anna are married. Bill is Anna’s _______________.

Turn page over

Number correct and percentage score (circle one) 10=100% 9=90% 8=80% 7 or fewer: no credit

PE1/Unit 5

Student name___________________________ Date _____________ Initials _______

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9. Write the following information on the calendar.

Parent-Teacher Night is on Thursday, June 12th at 6:30 p.m.

JUNE SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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10. Circle the sentence that is NOT correct. a. I have two sisters and one brother. b. What is your father’s name? c. Do you have any grandchildren? d. He don’t have any children